Assesibility?

  • JS

    (@jsylvia90)


    5 years, 11 months ago

    Was there any consideration for accessibility?

    I have a client who is blind and runs a blog. It is amazing what he can do. I’ve been web designing for 20+ years and even I have trouble even selecting the parent column block as it grabs the inside blocks instead. Adding an manipulating images is tricky. Not to mention adding links is a nightmare… how is one to remember the name of every page on the site?

    How the heck is blind or visually impaired person supposed to manage this?

    With the classic editor I was able to train my blind client in less than an hour. I can’t even imagine training one of my sited clients with this Gutenberg, never mind a blind person.

    What were you thinking?

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  • They weren’t. I’m in the same situation.

    Thread Starter JS

    (@jsylvia90)

    I received and email notice which I pasted below as it seems it never made it to this string. My response to Andrew (from the messages posted below) is that everything about Gutenberg would make it difficult to train even a sited person. Adding links, adding images, creating columns, finicky blocks you can’t grab. Just the whole kit and kaboodle is difficult to use.

    Secondly, I assume those running the forums are paid employees on the Gutenberg team, (but forgive me if I assume wrong). They are earning a living while on these forums. I don’t get paid to assess Gutenberg and I need to make a paycheck. My time is valuable and these kinks should have been addressed before they were imposed on the general public who have families to care for and bills to pay and not all the time in the world to write support requests and assess your project.

    My solution for any site that a client is self maintaining is the Classic Editor plugin.

    I will continue to try Gutenberg but only for sites I maintain or new sites as I have 20 years experience and the savvy to muddle through. And believe me I am muddling every step of the way. I cannot imagine a non-tech or visually impaired person login into the dashboard and facing this monstrosity. So far I had three plugins for Gutenberg cause conflict or simply not work.

    And to comment on the note below “far from perfect” is a big understatement.

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    Subject: [www.ads-software.com Forums] Assesibility?

    Andrew Nevins wrote:

    There has been a push for accessibilility, but Gutenberg is far from perfect. Still we need a pragmatic description of the issues you envisage. What kind of things would be difficult to train your blind clients on?

    Post Link: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/assesibility/?view=all#post-10980570

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